Quotes about Equality
Please be peaceful. We believe in law and order. We are not advocating violence, I want you to love your enemies... for what we are doing is right, what we are doing is just -- and God is with us.
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I criticize America because I love her. I want her to stand as a moral example to the world."
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
Jesus doesn't just want songs. He wants justice for the people on planet Earth.
— Louie Giglio
Some people want tolerance to mean now that all ideas are equally valid. That's nonsense. There are some things that are right and there are some things that are wrong.
— Rick Warren
Once people who have been deprived of basic freedom taste a little of it, they want all of it.
— Ronald Reagan
We know that the only way to achieve equality is if both men and women want to achieve equality. We also know that equality is not just the right thing to do for men, it is a good thing to do.
— Sheryl Sandberg
Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
— Alveda King
At all times, day by day, we have to continue fighting for freedom of religion, freedom of speech, and freedom from want... for these are things that must be gained in peace as well as in war.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
What's important is that all human knowledge be made available to all intelligent people who want to learn it.
— Stephen Jay Gould
Faith and unfaith can ne'er be equal powers; Unfaith is aught is want of faith in all.
— Alfred Lord Tennyson
I was heartened that people everywhere want certain basic freedoms, even if they live in a totally different cultural environment.
— Aung San Suu Kyi
We play a sport. It's a game. At the end of the day, that's all it is, is a game. It doesn't make you any better or any worse than anybody else. So by winning a game, you're no better. By losing a game, you're no worse. I think by keeping that mentality, it really keeps things in perspective for me to treat everybody the same.
— Tim Tebow